Identifying course characteristics associated with sociodemographic variation in enrollments across 159 online courses from 20 institutions.
Millions of people worldwide use online learning for post-secondary education and professional development, but participation from historically underrepresented groups remains low. Their choices to enroll in online courses can be influenced by course features that signal anticipated success and belo...
Main Authors: | René F Kizilcec, Anna Kambhampaty |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239766 |
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